phrase /freɪz/ CET4 TEM4 ( phrasing, phrased, phrases )

• 1. 

  N-COUNT A phrase is a short group of words that people often use as a way of saying something. The meaning of a phrase is often not obvious from the meaning of the individual words in it. 惯用语; 警句

  例：

  He used a phrase I hate: "You have to be cruel to be kind."

  他用了一句我讨厌的习语：“要想善良，就得残忍。”

• 2. 

  N-COUNT A phrase is a small group of words that forms a unit, either on its own or within a sentence. 短语; 词组

  例：

  A writer spends many hours going over and over a scene—changing a phrase here, a word there.

  作家花许多个小时反复润色一个场景—这儿改个短语，那儿改个单词。

• 3. 

  V-T If you phrase something in a particular way, you express it in words in that way. 用言语表达

  例：

  I would have phrased it quite differently.

  我则会用完全不同的话来表达它。

  例：

  The speech was carefully phrased.

  这篇讲话措辞谨慎。

• 4. 

  PHRASE If someone has a particular turn of phrase, they have a particular way of expressing themselves in words. 表述方式

  例：

  ...Schwarzkopf's distinctive turn of phrase.

  …施瓦茨科普夫与众不同的表述方式。

• 5. 

  to coin a phrase →see coin